By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 39 (September/October 1999)
Patrick Chamoiseau: Return of the Creole
I had expected somebody aggressive, abrasive, doctrinaire. I was prepared to be lectured, to be put in my place. If the truth be told, I...
Literature, Travel, Martinique
By James Ferguson ● Issue 47 (January/February 2001)
Memories of Martinique
On board the mail ship that docked at the picturesque harbour of St Pierre, Martinique, one July morning in 1887, was a strange-looking man...
Engage, Arts and Architecture, Martinique
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 146 (July/August 2017)
The Bibliothèque Schoelcher: a Library For All | Parting Shot
Overlooking the Place de la Savane, the ornate Bibliothèque Schoelcher is Fort-de-France’s main public library, and a monument to the...
Arrive, Environment, Leisure, History, Martinique, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 140 (July/August 2016)
Caribbean volcanoes: fire down below
La Soufrière caldera St Vincent The highest peak in St Vincent — rising to 4,049 feet above the sea, near the island’s northern tip...
Embark, Food and Cuisine, Martinique, Barbados, Jamaica
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 138 (March/April 2016)
Easter fare
Christianity — Roman Catholicism in particular — has played such a huge role in the history of the Caribbean that five centuries after...
Arrive, Shopping, Curacao, French Guiana, Martinique, Dominica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 131 (January/February 2015)
Market day
San Antonio Green Market Santa Cruz, Trinidad In the lush valley north-east of Port of Spain, organic farmers and artisanal food producers...
Arrive, Leisure, Travel, Cuba, Martinique, Suriname, Barbados, Guyana, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 128 (July/August 2014)
Earthy delights
Andromeda Gardens Bathsheba, Barbados Near a steep cliff overlooking the island’s east coast, Barbados’s best-known garden began as the...
By James Ferguson ● Issue 82 (November/December 2006)
Joseph Zobel: voice of Martinique
The early and formative years of the novelist Joseph Zobel, who died aged 91 in June, remind us how far his native Martinique, now a...